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Best All 'Round

A teenage high school senior, Michael Lee, struggles with homework, dating, her reputation and her self-esteem along side her best friend, Nickie. Best All 'Round is a story about growing up in Texas, circa 1958.

  • Full Length Play
  • Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: 1950s
  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set, Unit Set/Multiple Settings
  • Cautions: No Special Cautions

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Reader's Theatre, College Theatre / Student
A teenage high school senior, Michael Lee, struggles with homework, dating, her reputation and her self-esteem along side her best friend, Nickie. Michael's precocious eleven-year-old sister, Kay, attempts to help her solve her dilemmas with the simple wisdom of prepubescent innocence and common sense. 

Best All 'Round is a story about growing up in Texas, circa 1958.

Sheiness has come up with a funny and terribly touching symbol of adolescent innocents,'50s style

Marilyn Stasio New York Post
Premiere Production: Best All 'Round was first presented Off-Broadway by The Prism Theater at the Perry Street Theater in New York City. It was directed by Stephen Stewart-James.
  • Casting: 4F
  • Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Features Teens, Roles for Children, All Female
  • Chorus Size: N/A (Not a musical)

  • MICHAEL LEE GOODMAN - 17 years old
    SUSAN NICKIE - 17 years old
    KAY GOODMAN - 11 years old
    ROSY'S VOICE - 18 years old
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    A teenage high school senior, Michael Lee, struggles with homework, dating, her reputation and her self-esteem along side her best friend, Nickie. Michael's precocious eleven-year-old sister, Kay, attempts to help her solve her dilemmas with the simple wisdom of prepubescent innocence and common sense. Best All 'Round is a story about growing up in Texas, circa 1958.

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